West Side Comedy Club cancelled Bam Margera’s NYC stand-up debut after “Jackass” of a day
by Steve-O isn’t the only Jackass to consider a future in stand-up comedy. Bam Margera, the 39-year-old skateboarder who rode the Jackass wave into two MTV …
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Judd Apatow shares “Funny People” footage of Brody Stevens on Conan
“I was in The Hangover! Hangover 2! Cut out of Funny People!” — Steven Brody Stevens (1970-2019) On Thursday night’s Conan, Judd Apatow and Conan O’Brien talked about …
Dwayne Perkins on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
What’s in a baby name? Your entire future, possibly. Dwayne Perkins explains and offers a solution in his debut performance on The Late Show with …
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Comedy Central announces new YouTube channel for its webseries, CC Originals, plus web-only special for Emily Heller
The Comedy Central Originals YouTube channel officially went live today. It’s where you can now find all of the network’s webseries and digital one-off content. …
“Mad About You” revival is a go, but for Spectrum cable
Another Must-See-TV NBC hit sitcom from the 1990s is making a comeback, but Mad About You‘s revival isn’t happening on NBC. Instead, the reunion of …
Netflix announces special tribute to “Laugh-In”
Get ready to sock it to yourself once more! Netflix is gathering a bunch of comedy stars this coming Friday in Hollywood to tape Still …
Episode #249: Lyric Lewis
A classically trained theater major who grew up in New Orleans and Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Lyric Lewis took her degree from Syracuse and headed straight …
John Mulaney’s very New York City episode of Saturday Night Live
John Mulaney hosted his second Saturday Night Live this weekend, and made sure it very much centered on its and his home of New York …
Best of the rest of the fests: Comedy Festivals for 2019-2020
We’re already two months into 2019, and if you haven’t already made use of my Comedy Festivals page, please bookmark it for your resources. If …
Just For Laughs revises plans for SiriusXM radio channel to showcase only Canadians
Your voices were heard loud and clear, comedians of Canada. Just For Laughs announced Wednesday that their impending takeover of the Canada Laughs channel of …